An Alternative Knight

"Oh? Did it drop anything?"

Qin Yao felt a surge of joy in his heart and hurriedly clicked on the system interface to inspect.

He saw that around the character in the system reward item inventory who looked exactly like him, a faint golden halo had appeared.

Qin Yao's Divine Sense swept over that halo, and relevant information regarding it immediately appeared before his eyes.

"Death-Defying Protective Barrier": A one-time passive item gifted by the system. "Usage Effect": When the host suffers a fatal blow sufficient to endanger life, this item automatically activates, instantly condensing a defensive barrier around the host to block the damage. "Special Note": The Death-Defying Protective Barrier can block ten times the damage equivalent to a "full-strength strike" of the host's current cultivation. The higher the blocked damage value, the more the duration depletes. After activation, the barrier can last for up to ten breaths at most.

After reading it, Qin Yao's eyes instantly lit up. "What a 'Death-Defying Protective Barrier'! This is definitely a top-tier life-saving item!

"Not only can it be triggered passively, but its strongest defense effect can even block 'ten times the damage' equivalent to my strongest strike at the time.

"In other words, this is still a 'growth-type item'?

"The higher my martial cultivation realm, the better its defensive effect will be. It's absolutely awesome!"

Realizing this, Qin Yao became even more elated. Heh... As expected, I made the right choice by choosing not to grind cultivation methods but to grind skills instead. Didn't this just drop an item?

The youth licked his lips with unfulfilled eagerness. "Let me fill my stomach and take a short break, and then, keep grinding!"

Over the next two days, Qin Yao specialized in horsemanship.

"Whoa there! Gee-up!"

At first, Qin Yao